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radiotelegraphy

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the use of radio to send telegraphic messages (usually by Morse code)

telegraphy that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire

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History In 1901, Reginald Fessenden demonstrated a direct-conversion heterodyne receiver or beat receiver as a method of making continuous wave radiotelegraphy signals audible. Source: Internet

Enormous antenna loading coil used in a powerful longwave radiotelegraphy transmitter in New Jersey in 1912. Source: Internet

Today, due to more modern text transmission methods, Morse code radiotelegraphy for commercial use has become obsolete. Source: Internet

By the 1920s, there was a worldwide network of commercial and government radiotelegraphic stations, plus extensive use of radiotelegraphy by ships for both commercial purposes and passenger messages. Source: Internet

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